Metal Coatings News

Somerset Hardwood Flooring joins PPG CERTIFIED APPLICATOR PROGRAM group
PPG Industries’ building products-interior coatings group announced that Somerset Hardwood Flooring, Somerset, Kentucky, has been accredited as a member of the PPG CAP CERTIFIED APPLICATOR PROGRAM® group and is the first program participant accredited to apply DURETHANE® wood coatings by PPG to hardwood floors.
PITTSBURGH – (July 28, 2015)

PPG to highlight new ENVIROCRON HTE coating at 2015 Powder Coating Show
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will showcase new ENVIROCRON® HTE (high-transfer-efficiency) powder coating along with its entire line of architectural and industrial powder coatings at the 2015 Powder Coating Show in Louisville, Kentucky, May 6-7.
PITTSBURGH – (April 27, 2015)

PPG to highlight DURANAR coatings at 2015 Frame Building Expo
PPG Industries’ coil and building products coatings group will exhibit its complete line of DURANAR® fluoropolymer coatings, including infrared (IR)-reflective ULTRA-COOL® and VARI-COOL® products, at the 2015 Frame Building Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 18-20.
PITTSBURGH – (Feb. 17, 2015)

Three new PPG products among ARCHITECTURAL RECORD best of 2014
Three products introduced by PPG Industries in 2014 were chosen among the best new products of the year in an annual competition held by Architectural Record magazine, one of the industry’s most widely-read trade publications.
PITTSBURGH – (Feb. 6, 2015)

PPG to highlight expanded line of DURANAR coatings at CONSTRUCT 2014
PPG Industries’ coil and building products-exterior coatings group will exhibit its complete line of DURANAR® coatings, including its ULTRA-COOL®, VARI-COOL®, powder and graffiti-resistant products, at CONSTRUCT 2014 in Baltimore, Sept. 10-11.
PITTSBURGH – (Sept. 8, 2014)

TRENDCAST Styling Directions presented at PPG consumer color show
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business presented TRENDCAST® Styling Directions 2014, a portable color tool kit developed for designers of consumer products, to more than 125 professional designers and students from the San Francisco area during two color shows in May.
PITTSBURGH – (Aug. 13, 2014)

PPG supplies DURANAR and DURACRON metal coatings for Port of Miami Tunnel
PPG Industries’ coil and building products group announced that it supplied DURANAR® XL and DURACRON® coatings to the recently opened Port of Miami Tunnel, which is made up of two 4,200-foot-long highway tunnels that travel under Biscayne Bay, connecting the MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island to the Port of Miami on Dodge Island.
PITTSBURGH – (August 7, 2014)

PPG introduces TRENDCAST Styling Directions color tool kit
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced TRENDCAST Styling Directions 2014, a comprehensive portable tool kit created to help designers of appliances, outdoor furniture, electronics, recreational equipment and other products identify the colors, textures and surfaces that will keep them on the leading edge of consumer taste for the next two years.
PITTSBURGH – (May 28, 2014)

PPG supplies metal coatings to One World Trade Center
PPG Industries' building products group announced that DURANAR® coatings are being used to paint the 11-story podium portion of One World Trade Center, the 104-story skyscraper that will soon open as the centerpiece of the new World Trade Center complex in New York.
PITTSBURGH – (May 1, 2014)

PPG earns Excellence in Advertising Award from Architectural Record
PPG Industries has won a 2013 Excellence in Advertising Award, along with Pipitone Group, its online advertising agency, from McGraw-Hill Construction Media and Architectural Record magazine. PPG and Pittsburgh-based Pipitone Group were honored for high click-through rates and user interaction for a campaign featuring three separate online advertisements.
PITTSBURGH – (July 10, 2013)

PPG to debut NEWLAR powder coatings
PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group will debut NEWLAR(TM) powder coatings and highlight its existing line of DURANAR® liquid and powder coatings at the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Expo in Denver, June 20-22.
PITTSBURGH – (May 24, 2013)

PPG to debut two new architectural glasses, powder coating at AIA Show
PPG Industries will unveil two new architectural glasses at the 2012 American Institute of Architects' (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition in Washington D.C., May 17-19, along with a new DURANAR® powder coating for metal roof applications.
PITTSBURGH – (April 23, 2012)